The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-02

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Charles James Fox ~ = pallia-
ment at 10.
The great Cromwsll lett ths uni.
versity Of Cambridge q -.
John Bright never vas q schooa :
day After he was IL yeazs old.
Gladstone was In parlianleut & -.
and at 81 be was lord Of the treasury.
Lord Bacon graduated It Cambridge
when 1e, and vas called to the bar q
IS.
Peel was in parliament At 81. and
Palmerston was lord Of the admiralty
at %.
Henry Clay was In the senate Of the
United States at 30. contrary to the
constitution.
John Hampton, after graduating at
Oxford was q student at law In the In
ner temple at 10.
Gustavus Adolphus assembled the
throne at IS; before he was "a he was
one of the great rulers OF Europe.
Judge Story was at Harvard at IS.
in congress. at 90, and Judge Of the
supreme court of the United States At
SO.
Martin Luther had become largely
distinguished at -, and At Sc had
reached the topmost round OF his world
wide famc.
Condo conducted a memorable CAM
paign at II, and at % he, and Turenne
also, were of the most illustrious men
of their time.
Webster was in college at 10. gave
earnest of his great future before he
was 25, and at 80 was the peer Of the
ablest man in congress.
William II. Seward commenced the
practice of law at 81, at 81 wal presi-
dent of a state convention, and at 50
governor of New York.
Washington was a distinguished col
onel in the army at %. early in public
affairs, commander of the forces ut 48
and president at 81.
Maurice, of Saxony, died at SO, con-
ceded to have been one of the pro-
foundest statesmen aud ore of the
ablest generals which Christendom had
seen.
Napoleon at % commanded the army
of Italy. At 80 he was not only one
of the most illustrious generals of all
time, but one of the great ,aw-givers Of
the world. At 46 he saw Waterloo.
The great Leo X. was pope at SO;
having finished his academic training
he took the office of cardinal at 10
only twelve months Younger than was
Charles James Fox when he entered
parliament.
Only one civilian out Of the presi-
dents of the country gained his first
election after he was 60, and that one
was James Buchanan. The chance for
the presidency after 60 is snail and
growing less.
William Pitt entered the university
at IA, was chancellor of the e~xchequer
at %, prime minister at "a and so con-
tinued for twenty years, and when So
was the most powerful uncrowned head
in Europe.
From the earliest years of Queen
Elizabeth to the latest of Queen Vic
toria, England has had scarce an able
statesman who did not leave the uni
versity by the time he was 20 and many
of them left at an earlier age.
The late Lord Beaconsfeld left the
%cloister and entered the great world
early-as did John Bright-and COM
menced his political career by writing
a book at IL, in which he predicted
that he would be prime minister.
Hamilton was in Kings college at
16; when IL he made a notable ad.
dress on public affairs to the citizens
of New YORK; at 20 he was entrusted
with a most important mission to Gen.
Gates; was in congress at rs, and sec
rotary of the treasury at SO.
John Quincy Adams at the age of
"A was secretary to Mr.. Dana, then
minister to Prussian court; at 80 he
was himself minister to Prussia; AT So
he was minister to Russia; at 4S he
was minister to England; at Sc he was
secretary of state. and president at 50.
There have been twenty-five presi-
dents of the United States. Five of
them were elected at 81. and six at
tanned that great Office before thu age
of SO. Three military men, past so
have been elected; two died very soon,
and the other was Gen. jackson, and
he was but 81 when elected.
Jonathan Edwards acquired early
renown as the greatest metaphysician
in America, and as unsurpassed by
any n in Europe. He commenced
the reading of Latin when 8 years old.
At 10 he read the remarkable paper
upon the immortality Of the soul. At
the age of IS he entered Yale college,
where he graduated four years later.